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ProfessorGAC

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3. Nutritional Supplements Are Not Regulated To...

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 01:12 PM

Sep 20

...the degree pharmaceuticals are.
They are regulated with regard to labeling & associated contents. They are regulated on the "harm" side, but barely so when it comes to claims.
I worked a bit on neutraceuticals. Those are somewhere in between.
It's been a bit Markey for a while.

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Big Pharma vs Big Supplement. [View all] Quixote1818 Sep 20 OP

Yeah so well regulated Faux pas Sep 20 #1

They didn't give Big Pharma glowing reviews. These guys are science based influencers Quixote1818 Sep 20 #2

Lol got my ire up Faux pas Sep 20 #4

Big pharma got the Hippocratic oath altered in the 60's IbogaProject Sep 22 #5

Aha that explains everything IbogaProject. Faux pas Sep 22 #7

Nutritional Supplements Are Not Regulated To... ProfessorGAC Sep 20 #3

I used to work for one of these places Johnny2X2X Sep 22 #6

Just a larger more sophisticated Faux pas Sep 22 #8